MEDAHUMAN Energy: Cranberry and Lime

October 14th, 2023

This was a first for me – CBD, the legal and non-intoxicating component of cannabis. Medahuman have a range of CBD drinks available and I made the mistake of purchasing one of each variety. It turns out that only one contained caffeine and is therefore the only one eligible to receive a review on this site! But that does mean that I can say with confidence that this particular flavour, cranberry and lime, is the least disgusting on offer! Maybe it’s just my tastes, but I find bitter ‘healthy’ drinks unpleasant. This ‘Energy’ variety of Medahuman thought manages to balance some of that bitterness caused by the main ingredients of cranberry and lime and achieves a slight sweetness. At £2.50 per can it isn’t cheap, but this product does have a unique selling point and was stocked in a major UK supermarket. I can’t say that I noticed any effects from the CBD, and perhaps after 5 cans over the course of a week I am not supposed to noticed much. It worked as an energy drink though, providing enough caffeine to stop that ever present potential cold turkey headache.

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Caffeine: 16mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 11kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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Radnor Energy: Cranberry and Raspberry

June 20th, 2020

I’m not a fan of cranberry usually, I find it quite bitter. But, this cranberry and raspberry drink is very moreish. It’s lightly carbonated fruity water with a splattering of caffeine. Actually, it’s not caffeine, it’s Coffeine (Caffeine anhydrous from coffee bean) – with a big trademark symbol after it. This is certainly an interesting take on fancy bottled water, but if you want the best flavour then go for the Lemon and Lime one.

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(3.1/5)
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Caffeine: 14mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 1kCal/100ml
Size: 500ml
Sold By: Aldi
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Mixxed Up: Cranberry

December 20th, 2014

I think I may be becoming used to the taste of cranberries. Normally, I tend to rate these drinks lower than tropical ones, but in this case it’s not too bad. That’s as good a compliment as I’m willing to give the drink though. It’s sweet, flavoured, and cheap. There are better flavours in the range though, and the sugar free original flavour one is still one of my favourites.

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(2.4/5)
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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 40kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
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Pit Bull Cranberry and Pink Grapefruit

August 7th, 2013

What I like about trying different energy drinks are the moments when a flavour sends me back in time. Pit Bull Cranberry and Pink Grapefruit has answered a question I’ve had for many years – When I was 18 and discovered alcohol, there existed a drink known as Red. This was a caffeinated alcopop popular with students around the country at that time with an unknown fruity flavour. For me and my friends this drink was the tipple of choice on many weekends, but we never did find out what the ‘fruit’ flavour of Red was. Well, now I think I have the answer because this particular Pit Bull tastes how I remember Red tasting. It’s a good combination without any bitterness of the other Pit Bull drinks I’ve tried and I’m finally impressed with flavoured Pit Bull.

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Caffeine: 33.3mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 41.6kCal/100ml
Size: 473ml
Sold By: www.americanfizz.co.uk
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EQ8 – Cranberry & Apple

July 6th, 2013

Jumping on the bandwagon of healthy drinks, EQ8 certainly has the credentials for being healthy. It contains no sugar other than that found in the medley of fruit juices it is concocted from, and the caffeine sources are guarana and green tea based too. Sadly the can gives no clue as to the actual caffeine content so I have to assume it is low. But, as energy drinks go, it does pick you up if not as forcefully as the synthetic varieties. Taste-wise, sadly it disappoints. This flavour is quite sour and could have done with added sugar to be honest!

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Caffeine: 1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 38.8kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Morrisons
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Red Bull – The Red Edition

February 23rd, 2013

The Red Edition of Red Bull has been flavoured with Cranberry. Now, I don’t normally enjoy cranberry flavoured drinks, finding them bitter and leaving a bad aftertaste. Red Bull have managed to overcome that completely. What you experience is a flavour like no other energy drink. It has no typical energy drink background flavour, but instead has a very sweet and fruity cranberry taste with absolutely no bitterness at all. Of the three new editions, this was the first I tried thinking I’d be getting the worst one out of the way to start with. I was very surprised and really enjoyed it – one of my favourite energy drinks now.

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Caffeine: 32mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 45kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Asda
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Lucozade Revive – Cranberry with Acai

August 25th, 2012

Possibly one of the strongest flavoured Lucozade drinks I’ve ever tasted. The cranberry was quite powerful, although that is to be judged by Lucozade standards. Once again there is no mention of the caffeine strength on the bottle so I’ve had to make it up. I think it’s quite low as there wasn’t much of a hit. The cranberry made the drink a bit too sickly to be refreshing and therefore this is definitely not my favourite of the new Revive range.

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Caffeine: 1mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 13kCal/100ml
Size: 380ml
Sold By: Tesco
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Blue Charge Diet Cranberry

August 11th, 2011

A bit too strange for my liking. It had the same background flavour as Asda’s normal Blue Charge but with a very faint taste of cranberry and coloured slightly red. I assume this has been designed as a mixer, and I could imagine this going down well with a bit of Vodka in, but sadly not on its own merit. It is diet (I couldn’t find a non-diet version of this on the shelves) so that will probably appeal to people after a low-calorie energy drink with a difference, and at a nice low price (tapping rear trouser pocket / wearing hard-hat to avoid falling prices, etc…).

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Caffeine: 30mg/100ml Tags:
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Calories: 4kCal/100ml
Size: 250ml
Sold By: Asda
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